Colon Cleansing. Caught an informercial
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Colon Cleansing. Caught an informercial
| Wed, 08-02-2006 - 10:54am |
on a colon cleanser this morning while getting ready to leave for work. Of course, the more the two ad people talked, the better it sounded. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing or know of anyone who tried it? It is a pill (I think) that is taken once every three months or so, and it is supposed to get rid of toxins and bad bacteria and fecal matter that has stored up in one's colon and relieve symptons of just about every digestive disease mentioned on this Board plus make a person feel great. Is this stuff for real? Is it respected by doctors? Just wondering. Thanks in advance.

You've heard that old saying...
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"
I have not seen or heard of this product, but it sounds like a 'drano' type of laxative! Does not sound good at all to me, but that's just my opinion.
If anyone else knows the name, or is familiar with this, please share!
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<Do you remember its name, or what type of station the commercial aired on?
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<Good question.
I still think that the best cleanse is to eliminate processed foods from our diet and drink plenty of spring water. If it comes in a box, package, and pre-made foods, deli foods not to be consumed. Nothing will happen over night - but after a few days you will start to feel better. I was at a workshop put on by a herbalist who was asked about cleansing kits. He doessn't support them and feels that the best cleanse is to get rid of the 'white stuff' - flour, dairy and sugar. That automatically eliminates anything that is packaged.
A weekend colon cleanse is cerainly quicker - but I suspect that a box of laxitives would do the same thing for much less money.
I'm very much a skeptic for 'instant fixes' that claim to solve a wide number of problems for a hefty price. All about marketing. If something really were that easy and fixed every digestive problem out there I'm sure it would have been on the cover of Time magazine by now.
just my thougths,
Jo
Thanks for sharing your opinion Jo. I agree that most of the claims made for a quick fix are not worth the time and money, plus how safe and healthy can something be that is going to literally 'flush' out all the bad stuff in your system? There is no way these products can differentiate and it will be like an "Everything Must GO" sale , good nutrients will be lost as well.
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